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SilentWalker313
Seasoned Newcomer
10 months ago

Eternal Loading Screen/Corrupted Save files

After a crash during game play in planning outfits mode, I have been unable to load a game past the home screen without encountering an eternal loading screen and having to force quit sims 4. 

I have repaired the game multiple times and cleared the cache. I tested a a clean game and completed a successful play through and made it past loading everything seemed normal. However when I began the process of bringing over my save files into the clean folder it was having the same issues.  My save file must be corrupted but I am not sure how to proceed from here.

I do not use mods or CC. 

 

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  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    Hero+
    10 months ago

    SilentWalker313 Have you tried restoring a backup of the corrupted save? Start with a clean Sims 4 folder again by renaming the current one, launching the game and then quitting. Move the backup save that has .Ver0 in the file name into the newly created Sims 4 > saves folder. 

  • SilentWalker313's avatar
    SilentWalker313
    Seasoned Newcomer
    10 months ago

    Thanks for the suggestion. I've just tried it but when loading the game it doesn't recognize there is any save data,  the only option is to start a new game.

  • SilentWalker313's avatar
    SilentWalker313
    Seasoned Newcomer
    10 months ago

    I tried deleting the Ver and the same issue occured. I tested the Ver1 save file and was successful with my test and got past the endless loading, I lost some data but am glad that file is working at the very least. I also tested another family and it worked. So the issue is exclusive to the .save and .save.ver0  files, is there a way that I could repair them or should I take the loss :/

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